“Release from many unpleasant restrictions as to the free expression of opinion, to dress, to absurd customs.
“Economy in houses, clothes, food, fire, artificial light, and matters of appearance generally.
“Superior education for our children.
“Superior opportunities of obtaining knowledge ourselves by observations, experiments, &c.
“Release from perplexing and harassing responsibilities.
“Release from the necessity of compelling the observance, on the part of others, of matters often really opposed to wisdom and sound morality, and very frequently of merely conventional value.
“Society. Enjoyment of that of most of the members of our own family, and that of persons of similar views, who might be willing to join in the plan.
“Probable power of appearing before the world advantageously by means of discoveries mechanical, scientific, agricultural, or otherwise.
“Increased security from infectious disorders, anarchy, injury by change in the national prosperity; also the security which arises from the cultivation of economical habits.
“Mitigation of the evils consequent upon the employment of servants.